Ice-tongs



(No ModeL) I 7' J. W.- BOWMAN.

1GB TONGS. No. 289,749. Patented Dec. 4, 1883.

Nrren STATES ATENT OFFIC JOHN W. BOWMAN, OF HUNTINGTON, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND ELI A. COLLINS, OF HUNTINGTON COUNTY, INDIANA.

lCE-TONGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 289,749, dated December 4, 18

Application filed August 29, 1883. No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. BOWMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Huntington, in the county of Huntington and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ice-Tongs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,-such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to that class of tongs which are used in moving pieces of ice,- and the nature thereof consists in the combination of the parts of which the device is composed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents the tongs when the fingers thereof are opened or distended. Fig. 2 represents the device as it appears when the fingers or clutches are in a closed position.

The fingers A A, which are of curvilinear form and provided with sharp inwardly-projecting points a a, are pivoted or hinged together at B in such a manner that when there is considerable space between the points a a the flattened ends of short arms 0 C will touch or rest against each other. These flattened ends of the short arms 0 O are provided with holes for the reception of bolts (1 d, by means of which they are pivoted or hinged to the handlebar Dand swinging bar E. The han- 30 dle-bar D is provided with a projection, H, in which is cut a hole for the reception of the bolt 6, which pivots the swinging bar E to the handle-bar.

In operation the device is simple and effect- 5 ive. In order to cause the fingers to grip and hold a piece of ice, it is only necessary to insert the points a a therein, and lift upward the handle I. The weight of the ice pulls the fingers A A downward, and in forcing them 40 downward forces their points a a toward each 'other, and thus causes the fingers to automatically grip and hold the piece of ice which has been inserted between them.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 45 I 

